Les Caracteres Tome Premier by Mr. De La Bruyere
1750. No Edition Remarks. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather. Gilt lettering. Textblock is in French. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper and both pastedowns. Textblock edges dyed brown. Hinges and gutters are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Heavy peeling, splits and loss to spine and boards. Visible wear marks to boards.